Walter Mondale, former US vice president routed by Reagan, dies at 93

Of his decades in public service, Mondale spoke most glowingly of the two terms he spent representing Minnesota in the U.S. Senate, supporting civil-rights measures

Walter Mondale, who asserted himself as an activist vice president under Jimmy Carter before losing a bid for the presidency in one of the worst routs in U.S. political history, Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election landslide, has died. He was 93.

He died on Monday at his home in Minneapolis, according to the New York Times, citing Kathy Tunheim, a spokeswoman for the family. No cause was given.

Even after naming Geraldine Ferraro as his Democratic running mate -- making her the first woman on a major U.S. party’s presidential ticket -- Mondale managed to win only his home state of